Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad Recipe

Raise your hand if you love potato salad! Mmmmm, hmmmmm ... I'm right there with all of you who shot your hand straight up as fast as it would possibly move.

Now ... raise your hand if sometimes you just don't want all the carbs that come along with that scrumptious potato salad! Yes, my hand is right up there, too.

Fortunately, if you'd like a lower-carb option for your beloved potato salad, this Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad recipe works as a great alternative.

I have a tendency to totally crash if I eat a lot of carbs early in and throughout the day. My energy gets low, my get-up-and-go is gone, and I just feel all-around lethargic. So I do truly try to be mindful of my carbs, relegating the majority of my carb eating to dinner time.

I just feel a whole lot better when I eat that way.

If you'd like a lower-carb option for your beloved potato salad, this Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad recipe works as a great alternative.

And that's why I love this Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad recipe. With the use of cauliflower instead of potatoes as the base, it's a much lower-carb option I feel better about enjoying any time of the day.

So if I happen to have a hankering for some potato salad at lunch time, this no-potato cauliflower version lets me satisfy that craving without going for those higher-carb potatoes. I can hold onto my get-up-and-go all throughout the afternoon!

Now, I know some of you are probably thinking "No way ~ there's no way a mock potato salad made with cauliflower can possibly be good."

Oh, rest assured ~ it is good!

In terms of flavor, the Cauliflower Mock 'Potato' Salad recipe is pretty dead-on for a match with classic egg-and-mustard potato salad. As a side alongside that perfectly grilled hot dog? Perfect.

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31 comments

Wow cauliflower has recently become my favorite veggie- there's so many thing you can do with it!!! I'm vegan, so I would pass on the eggs, but I think otherwise this could be made dairy-free. I can see my mom really enjoying this. Thanks for the inspiration!

So I made this this morning with a couple of changes. I don't care for sweet relish, but had no dill relish, so I chopped up about 10 dill pickle slices. I added about 1 teaspoon of capers, grated (instead of chopping) a little onion and 2 slices of cooked bacon crumbles. I lightly seasoned and roasted the chopped cauliflower for about 20-30 minutes. I added a little cajun seasoning, dill and parsley to the dressing mixture. I have already ate quite a bit at room temperature. I'm trying to wait and try it out once chilled. YUMMY!!! Thanks!

It really is good this has been added to my Cauli recipes YUM. I added a bit of Garlic POWDER, Onion POWDER (not granulated&labeled as powder) to it and added black olives (bcuz I don't like relish) to the mayo.

I make a similar mock potato salad using cauliflower the one thing I noticed is that it doesn't soak up the liquid like potatoes do. So I actually cook two heads of cauliflower and most of one of them I blend so it is like pptatoes that have broken down in cooking. This helps soak up the liquid and I have fooled many who have tried it. They can't believe it's not potatoes.

I make a similar mock potato salad using cauliflower the one thing I noticed is that it doesn't soak up the liquid like potatoes do. So I actually cook two heads of cauliflower and most of one of them I blend so it is like pptatoes that have broken down in cooking. This helps soak up the liquid and I have fooled many who have tried it. They can't believe it's not potatoes.

I make a similar mock potato salad using cauliflower the one thing I noticed is that it doesn't soak up the liquid like potatoes do. So I actually cook two heads of cauliflower and most of one of them I blend so it is like pptatoes that have broken down in cooking. This helps soak up the liquid and I have fooled many who have tried it. They can't believe it's not potatoes.

I followed the recipe and tasted the dressing before adding the eggs and didn't care so much for the sour cream taste. So I remade the dressing using 6TBSP of mayo instead. I liked it so much better. Well this taste just like potato salad no but a great substitute if you been doing low carb for awhile you will understand that statement. To me it the eggs that helps fool the mind��

Cauliflower is a great substitution for the high carb potato. I've made just about anything and everything you can make with cauliflower. I make mine with mayo no sour cream. Your recipe and presentation sound wonderful

For some reason, I always liked the taste of potato salad, but not the texture.I much prefer the texture of the cauliflower version! And it is absolutely delicious.Perfect for lunch boxes and picnics too.Thanks for the recipe!

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